Johann: Atma thinks it's always the first sunday in June with is used to remind people at large to reflect on the goodness of ones father(s) and to use the day for honor and veneration. May all take this opputunity well and if still alive, of which is not for sure, still possible to personal approach, such is a blessing and not good if not used. Mudita

Johann: [continue] ...kāma-guṇa (sensual giving) , death, alive, increasing the cemeteries in the world. This is why just giving toward the virtuous, those with metta, bears fruits beyond the common, as it's not for further kāma-guṇa that they would use it for, but as base for lessons, for purificatio

Johann: If one would know or remembering the suffering behind pleasing form, sound, smell, taste, touch, one certain would no more desire after it. But because lof lack of remembering and proper attention, beings go after it, take birth, age, get sick, seperated, die, again and again, keeping the flame of k

Johann: If ones sacrifices, generosity, isn't protected by a good closed tank, less fruits can be expected. And what is the tank made of? Saddha, Pasada, metta, Sila, intention for own and others independency.

Johann: Nothing more a blessing as to do not cling to a specific Nikaya, since one can easy take the opportunity of doing theUposatha often two days a new. May all always make the best of given possibilities.

Depabhasadhamma: I am in need of assistance. I am writing a paper about the Three Marks of Existence. I understand the three marks, however, I am befuddled by the meaning and use of the word "existence." Is this English word the translation of the Pali word thiti? Does the word "existence" imply life, living, consci

Johann: Temporary ordination is pretty normal, 3 days, a month, a Vassa... and not to forget that the Buddha promised union with the Asparas, which are beyond being compareable to others...

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Moritz: No no, I really prefer to be a householder, even though not having a house at the moment. I am not much inclined towards nekkhamma... ... even though already doing some nekkhamma now, but not hoping to do so for the long term....

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Posted by: Johann

The Venerable Author generously gives here “another” approach of an English translation which focuses on explanatory comments using his selected illustrations from other Suttas in the Tipitaka. The edited version incl. many referenc-links to sources and dictionaries and may be useful for intensive further studies of the texts. Alternative Formats: tipitaka.sut.kn.dhp_vara.pdf, tipitaka.sut.kn.dhp_vara.epub, tipitaka.sut.kn.dhp_vara.odt.

Posted by: Johann

A short essay in which the author points out the requirement of duality and dependency all the way till finally independence where general regards of duality are not dropped in relation to harmless behaviour as well and not replaced by ideas of certain compassion or with reasonings of being not that advanced.

Although gratitude is actually a basic factor of Right View and the entrance to the Buddhas teachings, less teachings about this attribute are found in modern and western world. Upasaka Mahinda Wijesinghe collected Suttas and talk and shared them as an introduction, under the guiding support of Ven. Ñāṇadassana Thera, in a generously shared small booklet.